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Independent Bookstore Day!

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“We feel a bond with other indies…Heck, Amazon has even made Barnes & Noble seem like a relative—what dark magic does that? We ...

Happiness

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Common Cents by Tom and John Mills Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote about some ideas for happiness: — Plan ahead. If nothing else, p...

From a Buddhist perspective

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Dear friends How much do we really know about happiness? From a Buddhist perspective, all sentient beings, including animals, seek hap...

Word origins

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Mogu l   1 :     (capitalized Mogul) an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persia...

Good words to have

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Commodious: Comfortably or conveniently spacious roomy

Enough bull

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mushaka : santosha65 : This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera’s career. He collapsed in remorse mid-f...

Good words to have

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Null: Having no legal or binding force : invalid.  TheEnglish borrowed null from the Anglo-French nul, meaning "not any." That ...

Word power

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Quidnunc: A person who seeks to know all the latest news or gossip : busybody Dour: Sullen; severe; gloomy; stubborn.  Probably from...

Why Writers Love to Hate the M.F.A.

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New York Times By CECILIA CAPUZZI SIMONAPRIL 9, 2015 It was peak reading season, and Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Wr...

To find out what is truly individual in ourselves

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 “To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the d...

In going where you have to go

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“In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you w...

Koko, the gorilla

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Koko, the gorilla who was taught sign language, once lied to her trainers, blaming her kitten for tearing a sink out of the wall.

Bach

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“Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to...

Education does not equal happiness – study

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London – Getting good grades and going to university makes us no happier than failing exams and dropping out of school, a study claims. ...

Tips for Happiness in Daily Life

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You can make your life happier. It is a matter of choice. It is your attitude that makes you feel happy or unhappy. We meet vari...
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